Right wing nut job Nick Fuentes not only performed a Nazi salute but also affirmed that he would commit murder if Donald Trump wanted it done.
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So why are people calling Trump and MAGA a cult? because that is exactly what it is. These people will go to extraordinary lengths to cause pain to others too. 2 years ago I put a guy in the hospital after he threatened me, then spit on me as I started walking away. A grand jury no-billed me for that, as I was clearly defending myself. My crime? I was wearing a mask. I have also been threatened twice for wearing an anti-Trump t-shirt, and both times I was able to walk away. One of those times one of the MAGA guys was attempting to talk me into fighting him as I was walking away but I kept walking while he kept calling me a coward. Another time someone was tailgating the hell out of me and seemed on the verge of committing road rage because I had an anti-Trump bumper sticker on my car. I managed to pull into a police substation, and the asshole drove away. I filed a police report over that, and was able to put his license number on the report. Don't know whatever became of that.
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These days there are some areas of Texas I try not to go to because a few of these people are freaking batshit crazy. Years ago when I was playing for Charlie Fenn at a club way out in the boondocks, the Beckett Klan showed up and tried to cause trouble. The bar tender pulled a shotgun out from behind the bar and forced them to leave. They came back and did a drive by shooting on the place. They threw bottles of beer through the windows of the club, and then came the bullets. Charlie and I were both pretty crazy back then and continued to play while bullets were flying through the club. While Charlie was doing a lead break on a song, he leaned over to me and said "I don't know about you, but after this song I am getting the fuck out of here". I agreed and we packed up and left as soon as we finished the song. It was a miracle that nobody was hit.
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My wife was with me at the time, and I couldn't find her for a few minutes. I finally did find her, underneath the table she was at, and crying and shaking like a leaf. She has schizophrenia, and this episode caused her to have nightmares for weeks afterwards. It was at least a year before she would come to a gig with me. The funny part about that was I told her that the place we were going to play was way out in the country and it would be very restful for her. She laughs now about me saying that, and what the gig actually turned out to be.
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So is MAGA a cult? Absolutely.
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NOTE: Gene Kelton was well known as the author of a book called Gigs from Hell. I have read it, and I can definitely relate to that. LOL.